Actually would welcome some info/input on how to word a polite email to address the issue.
My dad died a few months ago. I don't live near his house, and neither does my sister. When we have been able to, we have gone there and made a start on clearing out our possessions, sorting stuff to go to charity and generally getting the small stuff out so we can clear it of furniture and put it on the market.
The house is not in great condition.
The top part of the house was owned by my dad. The hallway is shared access. The bottom part of the house is owned by a couple who seem to work from home. They were not particularly nice or helpful to my dad when he was there.
The hallway has been cluttered with their crap for ages - think large boxes of deliveries from catalogues, post, junk mail, boxes with video tapes, etc...
On my second trip up to London ( a few months ago) I knocked and politely asked the neighbours if they could please clear the hallway as we would need to be moving things out of the property.
When I went back up there three weeks ago, the hallway was empty, save for an old bedside table which Dad had left there to hold some of the post/boxes/crap.
I removed a lot of bits that day, and took away the table, so that the hallway was clear.
Two weeks ago I went back to do some more sorting and found a very large box in the hallway, full of tins of catfood, various bits of post and so forth.
I knocked on their door, but got no answer (Was actually knocking about something other than the box), so assumed they were avoiding me as I could hear movement.
Yesterday I went up to do some more clearing (got to get some legal papers out, etc), and found the hallway full of bags of clothes - presumably for collection by charity as they were in branded bags.
I had to step over these bags to get into Dads part of the house.
Later on, I heard movement downstairs, so assumed that they were in, had heard me moving about and were clearing a pathway.
Later their doorbell went but they didn't answer it.
I didn't hear any more movement so carried on with what I was doing - sorting, clearing, cleaning, bagging up rubbish.
When I left at around 6pm, the bags were still in the hallway - one had fallen over directly in front of the door. There was also a very large parcel obstructing the front door.
The man of the couple is a complete tosser and pothead. He wears a hat all the time (even indoors) and seems only capable of saying 'yeah'. The woman is a harpie.
I do not want to get into a row. I just want them to show some fucking consideration.
Sorry for long post. Any advice on how to address the situation (I do have a telephone number and an email address) are very welcome. My concern is that when we come to sell, nobody will be interested because they can't get in!